chaoscraz

While watching this movie I thought to myself that it was good I had already read the book. This was because the movie is agonizingly desperate and sad--often times it was just too much to absorb or handle in such a large dose. You can't put this movie down like you can with the book. Unlike the book being beautifully written, in an almost poetic prose, which distracted the reader from the subject, the movie is not beautifully shot. In your face is desperation, agony, and death.

I can understand why this movie was shelved for a year. Do not go into it looking to be entertained, at best look to be intellectually stimulated. This is no popcorn movie.

This is an amazing movie and I highly recommend it. Admittedly however, there are points in the movie where I felt myself thinking that Gina was just acting absurd and crazy, but that was part of the genius of the script. Anyway, the movie really rounds-out and I am glad that I stuck with it. I give it a 10. I've never given a movie such a high rating after feeling uncertain about it in the beginning. The movie leaves you with a feeling of hope and inspiration.

On the flip-side, I will play the pessimist. Not all politicians have good intentions. Some are in it for the power, unlike the chancellor. I can easily imagine a few of the G8 leaders just getting up and walking out of the meeting if a compromise was not possible. To make real progress, I think we must realize that cruel & selfish people are all around us. This movie was feel-good escapism.